Debate on death penalty and Falklands peacekeeping

Title

Debate on death penalty and Falklands peacekeeping

Genre

News report; Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:03:59

Description

Peter Murphy reports on a House of Commons debate on the restoration of the death penalty and on the question of a possible United Nations force to act as a peacekeeping force in the Falkland Islands. With speeches from: Tories Vivian Bendall, Teddy Taylor and Edward Heath; Home Secretary Willie Whitelaw; Labour Party leader Michael Foot; Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Edward Heath; William Whitelaw; Peter Murphy; Michael Foot; Teddy Taylor; Vivian Bendall

Keywords

Politics; Government; Death penalty; Great Britain; UN; Penal sanctions; Hanging; Peacekeeping; Falklands War (1982); Argentina; Falkland Islands; Wars (events)

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